Guest squall Posted March 15, 2004 Report Posted March 15, 2004 SOURCE Sybase Inc. later this month will release Pocket PowerBuilder 1.5.1, the embedded version of its flagship RAD environment that it says will include a runtime optimized for XScale-based devices running Microsoft’s Pocket PC 2003, and will support apps that print over wireless connections and that send e-mail with attachments.
Guest squall Posted March 15, 2004 Report Posted March 15, 2004 Now before i get a hord of messages asking why this is posted in the smartphone part of the site please read the full article! Sybase Inc. later this month will release Pocket PowerBuilder 1.5.1, the embedded version of its flagship RAD environment that it says will include a runtime optimized for XScale-based devices running Microsoft’s Pocket PC 2003, and will support apps that print over wireless connections and that send e-mail with attachments. The news builds on the February release of version 1.5, which more tightly integrated with Pocket Outlook and added support for a number of new hardware peripherals. “For the developer, this means that their applications will run faster on those XScale-based devices,” said Dave Fish, a Sybase technical evangelist, of the XScale optimization in the latest revision. Also introduced with version 1.5 was access to the Pocket Outlook Object Manager, which he said lets applications read and write directly to a user’s Pocket Outlook contact, e-mail and task databases. “There’s already a lot of this information on the device, and developers don’t want to duplicate it in the SQL database or have the user switch between applications. Now a developer doesn’t have to know the [Outlook]API to get to those databases.” In addition, PowerBuilder developers now can access Pocket PC’s Notification bubble object to display message bubbles within their apps without a direct call to the underlying API, Fish said. Version 1.5 also added support for Microsoft’s RichInk digital capture control, which Fish said is useful for credit-card applications and others that might be capturing customer signatures. Digital data can be stored as a bitmap or BLOB and synchronized to a back-end database. Hardware support has been added for several scanners, including HP’s Biometric scanner, a fingerprint recognition device built into some iPAQ models. According to Fish, Pocket PowerBuilder 1.5 now integrates with Microsoft’s Visual SourceSafe and other version-control systems that conform to the source code control (SCC) interface. Support has been added for Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 2003 emulator, a free utility that permits on-device debugging without target hardware. Target support also has been added for Windows Mobile 2003, the SmartPhone edition of Pocket PC, which encompasses a smaller display and lacks a stylus. Available now, Pocket PowerBuilder 1.5.1 will sell for US$495 until April 1, after which the price goes to $1,295. Version 1.5.1 is a free upgrade for 1.5 users. Source?
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